Redistricting and Realignment in NC

Our most recent book is The Comeback: The 2024 Elections and American Politics. It includes a chapter on congressional and state elections.

 

One reason why the Republican partisan gerrymander of North Carolina's state legislature has steadily weakened over time is because Republicans have simply surrendered most large, fast-growing areas.

The @NCGOP is now so organizationally weak in metro counties that it could not… https://t.co/TfMdYd20A6 pic.twitter.com/6VgmRAZbAe

— Carolina Forward (@ForwardCarolina) September 8, 2026